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Executive and Legislative documents laid before the General Assembly of North-Carolina [1869; 1870]

"26 DocoiEXT No. 15. [Session
EX.VMiXATiox «>F ^v^r. dkowx.
Jlai/ 2Sth, 1S69.
Question l\v Mr. Mai-tindale. What is your business {
AusMcr, I have been running a steamer for three years.
Question. Have you ever run through the Albemarle and
Chesapeake Canal (
Answer. I make about forty [-iu] trips through it every
year.
Question. AVhat draught vessel can pass safely through at
all seasons i p
Answer. Xot more than 5^ feet.
Question. What ought to be the relative cost of keeping
the Dismal Swamp and the Albemarle and Chesapeake
Canals '.
Answer. The Dismal Swamp ought to cost more.
Question. Could one dredge do as much work as has been
done on the canal during the last year ', i. e. in the same time^
Answer, If worked every working day, yes.
Question. Do you know that the Company dredges are ever
employed in the Xorfolk harbor ''.
Answer. Yes, to my certain knowledge.
Question, At the present rates, what ought the privilege
(exclusive) of towing be worth per annum '.
Answer. About two thousand dollars.
Question. Are tow boats generally charged wharfage in the
City^
Answer. I never knew one to be charged.
Question. Is it necessary that the Company should have as
extensive a wharf and warehouse as they now employ in order
to carry on the towing business '.
Answer. They might carry on the business with the privi-lege
of a conl yard wharf and a small ofKce up town.

"26 DocoiEXT No. 15. [Session
EX.VMiXATiox «>F ^v^r. dkowx.
Jlai/ 2Sth, 1S69.
Question l\v Mr. Mai-tindale. What is your business {
AusMcr, I have been running a steamer for three years.
Question. Have you ever run through the Albemarle and
Chesapeake Canal (
Answer. I make about forty [-iu] trips through it every
year.
Question. AVhat draught vessel can pass safely through at
all seasons i p
Answer. Xot more than 5^ feet.
Question. What ought to be the relative cost of keeping
the Dismal Swamp and the Albemarle and Chesapeake
Canals '.
Answer. The Dismal Swamp ought to cost more.
Question. Could one dredge do as much work as has been
done on the canal during the last year ', i. e. in the same time^
Answer, If worked every working day, yes.
Question. Do you know that the Company dredges are ever
employed in the Xorfolk harbor ''.
Answer. Yes, to my certain knowledge.
Question, At the present rates, what ought the privilege
(exclusive) of towing be worth per annum '.
Answer. About two thousand dollars.
Question. Are tow boats generally charged wharfage in the
City^
Answer. I never knew one to be charged.
Question. Is it necessary that the Company should have as
extensive a wharf and warehouse as they now employ in order
to carry on the towing business '.
Answer. They might carry on the business with the privi-lege
of a conl yard wharf and a small ofKce up town.